Bob Graziano

Bob Graziano is a former president of the Los Angeles Dodgers of American Major League Baseball. He is currently Managing Director for the Western Region of Northern Trust, an investment management company.

Graziano graduated from the University of Southern California in 1980 with a Business Administration degree. His first job was as a certified public accountant at Ernst & Young. He worked there for four years until he took a leave of absence to work for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee in ticket operations.

He joined the Dodgers organization in 1986 as Director of Financial Projects and became Chief Financial Officer of the team in 1987. He was promoted to Executive Vice-President in 1997 and was named President of the team in in 1998 when News Corporation bought the Dodgers from Peter O'Malley. He worked under CEO Robert A. Daly in managing the day to day operations of the Dodgers.

Graziano was fired in 2004 when the team was sold to Frank McCourt. He subsequently joined Northern Trust.

References

*http://www.marshall.usc.edu/web/sbi.cfm?doc_id=7372